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Re-design of the methodology for the firm capacity calculation of non-conventional renewable resources

P. Mastropietro P. Rodilla C. Batlle

October 2017 - May 2018

Funding entity Supervisor de la Inversión en Energía y Minería (OSINERGMIN)

Participated by Uribe Ingenieros E.I.R.L, Carlos Batlle


The goal of a capacity mechanism is to complement the energy market, by remunerating the supposed contribution of each resource to the security of supply in the medium and long term. In order to achieve this objective, the regulation must define a metric that allow estimating such contribution. This metric, in capacity-constrained systems, is defined as firm capacity.

The design of a methodology for the calculation of the firm capacity has been complicated by the penetration of high shares of renewable technologies. The objective of this project is to support the Peruvian regulator in the elaboration of a methodology to define the firm capacity of non-conventional renewable resources.


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